«I’m fed up and I’m not gonna let the Washington Post attack this university, this awesome team of young women I have, or me, without a fight.»
LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey has reportedly threatened to sue the . On Friday, Sports Illustrated college sports reporter Pat Forde posted on X that the is working on a «big» story about Mulkey. A day later, Mulkey took a preemptive stance, strongly criticizing the potential story and the reporter behind it.
Mulkey then threatened to take legal action against the outlet if they published what she labeled a «hit piece.» The 61-year-old addressed the rumors during her press conference on Saturday and condemned what she referred to as the «sleazy tactics» employed by the media. Mulkey has not named the reporter who wrote the story.
Mulkey Goes Furious
«When my former coaches spoke to him and found out that I wasn’t talking with the reporter, they were just distraught and they felt completely misled,» Mulkey said. «Former players have told me that the has contacted them and offered them to be anonymous in a story if they’ll say negative things about me.
